Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...

History was made on Nov. 5, when Francis, the first Jesuit pope, visited the Gregorian University, the oldest and largest ...

Christian martyrs from across denominations hold a place of honor in the church, Pope Francis said, highlighting their ...

Bernard, also known as St. Bernard of Menthon, lived from about 1020–1081 in what are now the countries of France, ...

Pope Francis was raised in the city’s middle-class Flores neighborhood from the mid-1930s through the ’50s, a time period ...

The Catholic Church doesn’t observe its World Day of the Poor until later this month, but Pope Francis has already released a ...

Pope Francis has paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which ...

Before concluding his Wednesday audience and imparting his paternal blessing for pilgrims, the Holy Father concluded his ...

Pope Francis has added Saint Isaac the Syrian (640-700) to the list of saints celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church. Born ...

Pope Francis has inadvertently thrown his support behind the NFL's New Orleans Saints for the second time this week through ...

Sundays spent in nature and a return of year-round meatless Fridays were a few of the ideas floated Nov. 13 at the U.S.

For the 12th consecutive year, Pope Francis visited a Roman cemetery November 2. This year, he prayed for parents facing ...